Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-03-16

VI ING ntetHp AAuA'"aS
Some of the Wounded will Die and
Others VIII Have Close Call-1he De-
bris Removed-An Investigation Be
gun by State officials.
BosroN, Mass, March '6.-All Monday
night force OF laborers was enga5el IN
clearing up the debris of the wrecked cars
at the scene of the bridge disaster. 1t was
slow work and little head way was made, yet
the men worked hard, and when the light OF
morning was sufficient for the continuation
Of the work without the means Of artificial
light the work progressed more rapidly A
large force of policemen guarded the wreck
AMI kept the curious from entering the lines,
and thus the iahorers had sufficient oppor-
tunity to carry on their work unimpeded
Ropes were stretched around the ruins ana
all persons who were not actively engaged in
clearing the wreck we're forced to keep out
side the line.
At an early hour Tuesday morning large
force of men were put to work at taking the
| broken bridge apart. The baggage car and
one OF the rear cars had been completely de-
molished, and all that marks the spot where
these two cars werA at the base o. tia en-
bankme, is heap OF kindling wood, some
of which has the appearance OF having been
| throu "a grainhopper, 50 fine was the wood
| crushed The wreck is a more appalling
| sight than the recent ruins at White River
| junction aud peerfeld aud this points
| strongly TO the fact that the train was ruu-
ming at a speed of fully twenty-five miles an
| hour The forward cars. which lie on the
| embark ment aud in the roadway, remain IN
| tile same positions as when they fell. Sew
| eral of the stoves of the cars have been re
moved, ami in every car the iron rods which
serve TO hold them i'll position have been
found to be secure, while not a stova-toor
was burst open, although one stove WAS
badly broken.
At 10 o'clock Railroad Commissioner hms
lev arrived on the scene and made a tom
Of the embaDknent with view to invest
eating the cause Of the arclient. Chic
Engineer DAVIS, of the Boston 4 Providence
railroad. says II is impossible TO tell whei
the wreckage eau be sufficiently removed t.
allow of the srection OF a structure which
will allow Of the resumption of traffic owe
that route. A permanent bridge will thel
be constructed aud land wHcu the eompan,
, find it convenient to DO SO rna prepare
t,ons for the temporary bridge are bein;
pushed with ali possible spell, Tratfi; vii
be resumed very shortly.
, The ( llowing is an &C 'urate list Of III
, dead: Myron Tllden. Deiham, conductor
Lizzie Walton, Dedham; Rosiheiia Welct
; sales woman, West Roxbury; William
r Strong; Peter Swaben, tailor. Central st;
) ton. William E igar Snow, salesman We
, koxbury; Miss Laura Price, RoS;ia .a,s
: Miss NJ L. Odiorne, sales oman, family liy
, at Dover, n H. Edward L. Norris, frejgl
{ clerk, Dedham: Miss Norris, West Koxbury
. | Lizzie Mandeviila, bedham; waldo !
: Tailor, policeman, Spring street station; a
4 bert f. johnson. matchmaker, Boston
: Stephen 7. Houghton gas filter, West Ro
. bury, Emma T. HUI. clerk; Henry Ga,
. clerk, Spring street: Miss Sarah Ellis. fan
e lily live at Meitield; William E, Durham
!, Hattie Dudley; Webster Clapp, aged !
r West Roxbury; MIS-. II Cardinal, Rosh
Z dale: Alice Burnett. aged III, Roslinda'
Mrs. Mary L. Brooks, West Roxbury, MI
V Ida Adams, klltredge street. Total. twen'
a four.
. A careful canvass Of West Roxburv a.
S Dsdham shows the number of wounded to
a at least III, of which number fifteen a
a classel as fatally injured, while more than
10 score are in a precarious condition and th'
l. wounds may prove fatal at any time
Thomas noane an expert civil enginet
well known throughout the country, was
the wreck all day, in the employ of the IA
S road commissioners, with view to LEARNT
rs anything that can be learned from the clei
K ing away Of the ruins AMI the inspection
At the fragments of the bridge. At $50 p.
W the commissioners began an Investigation in
a the cause of the accident Among those pr
s, ent were Superintendent Folsom, Geor
ly Putnam, counsel for the road AMI tfe2rge
d. Williams who appeared for certain Of {
lie. injured. Five employees Of the road, melt
Id ing the superintendent of hr dyes, and ".
in Alden, one Of the conductors CT the wreck
70 train, were sworn Mr. Alden testified tt
c he had been in the employ Of the road sill
Is 1873. al condUctcr on the Dedham bran
Ok since ls.s His evidence added nothing
re that already known OF thu disaster.